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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Velshi: Donald Trump is the greatest threat the world faces

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump remains the world’s biggest threat amid global chaos. Also, a Trump whistleblower announces his run for Congress. Plus, the UN Security Council calls for Gaza humanitarian pauses. And a new MSNBC documentary, “Periodical,” examines reproductive policies and culture. Joyce Vance, Ben Collins, Eugene Vindman, Noga Tarnopolsky, Nicholas Kristof, Madeleine Morales and Anusha Singh join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0

Around the world tonight we are facing a number of historic challenges the war between Israel and Hamas

0:04.9

with thousands of Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of what could become a much bigger war

0:10.4

the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, deepening fears of whether China might invade

0:15.7

Taiwan while America is indirectly supporting two major wars, extreme political polarization

0:22.0

around the world, and here in America, not to mention a climate crisis that threatens the habitability of our very planet.

0:28.3

So much is going wrong.

0:30.6

So much threat around us, which one is the most serious threat to global

0:36.0

stability? None of the ones I mentioned. The greatest threat to the stability of

0:41.1

the world right now remains a twice impeached

0:43.2

multiply indicted former president of this nation.

0:46.4

Donald Trump is the greatest threat the world faces. Here's why. Those real global crises I mentioned actually hang in an extremely

0:56.2

delicate balance with President Biden's steady hand on the wheel. As chaotic as

1:00.9

things may seem right now, ask yourself, how much worse do they get with Donald

1:04.5

Trump in the White House?

1:06.3

He's on the case, Joe Biden is, with Ukraine.

1:09.4

He's redeveloping a relationship with she, in China. He sure has annoyed a lot of people at home

1:14.4

with his Israel policy, but he has created more space for an American president to

1:19.3

influence Israel than we've seen in a while. And he has a real commitment to solving the climate crisis.

1:25.0

Here's how those situations could play out

1:28.0

with Donald Trump at the helm,

1:29.0

according to a recent piece by the economist,

1:32.0

quote, knowing that America would abandon Europe,

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